If you were a rich young man in the 18th or 19th centuries, you would have had the opportunity to…
Enter the ballot to see the Trooping of the Colour
Buy or apply for tickets to see the Queen’s Birthday Parade.
Treat yourself to dinner in an old car showroom
Feeling the post-Christmas slump? Book yourself a tasty treat at The Wolseley.
Follow the National Gallery Nativity Trail
Follow a trail of paintings depicting the events around the birth of Christ
Visit Dennis Severs’ House
This is one of the oddest things to do in London, and I understand it’s even better over Christmas.
See the year’s best landscape photographs
Hidden in plain sight on Waterloo station is one of the best photography exhibitions of the year.
Start Christmas right – in a wonderful bookshop
A bit of advance warning for this one, so you can plan ahead.
Eat at the Breadline Cafe
Stop off for a bargain lunch at this surprisingly central ‘greasy spoon’ cafe.
Four things to see for Remembrance Day
Four installations/exhibitions to commemorate the ending of WWI 100 years ago this month.
Visit the Cinema Museum
Visit Charlie Chaplin’s former home, and see cinema memorabilia dating from the 1890s – and maybe even watch a film.
